From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smtp.WPI.EDU (smtp.WPI.EDU [130.215.24.62]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D30FE2015DA0 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:30:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from garden.WPI.EDU (root@garden.WPI.EDU [130.215.28.200]) by smtp.WPI.EDU (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g14JTE1Y011051 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:29:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (chaines@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by garden.WPI.EDU (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g14JTDw5029174 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:29:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:29:09 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Haines To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ethical Policy In-Reply-To: <003701c1ada7$1d72efe0$fd00a8c0@frampton> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 7a5674a8-f785-46d8-8ca5-e85fa94f6e81 X-Archives-Hash: 171a04fa5d8b3bd3e6daf6cea0d4b0d7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ok, I don't think that this is the place to discuss this. Gentoo is an awesome distro and if you can't take that then go somewhere else. Quite frankly, I am tired of seeing your posts litter this list. You should try gentoo before making assumptions. My hat goes off to the developers for the qaulity work they have done. - -Chuck On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, David Herbert wrote: > Thanks for the link but that doesn't cover it. It's not remotely > convincing, Red Hat could say exactly the same about their distro, Red Hat's > package management system is GPL'ed but they are still very clearly a > company, very clearly a .com and it's obvious that their motives are > different from Debian's who are very clearly a .org. The problem with > gentoo is that it is far from clear where their motives lie. M$'s success > was started by some stupid decisions made by IBM, which IBM have regreted > and looked for ways of getting back at them ever since. IBM have their own > vested interests in Linux which have nothing to do with morality. For IBM > supporting the free software community is a means to an their own unpleasent > ends. Gentoo 'appears' to have strong connections to IBM, which to me > contradicts their .org status. These are some of many reasons why I think > that if gentoo want to be a .org they need to explain who they are, hence > the need for a social contract. > > Also if M$ was replaced with another company which behaved in exactly the > same way as M$ behave now we would have achieved nothing. > > Regards, > David Herbert. > > > Hi! > > > > This question has been addressed previously. See > > http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/2001-May/004613.html > > > > Note to Everyone: > > > > site:lists.gentoo.org > > > > typed in google is a wonderful way to search the mailing lists archive. > > > > tod -google, google google > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-dev mailing list > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > - ---------------------- | Chuck Haines | | WPI Class of 2005 | | chaines@wpi.edu | | AOL IM: CyberGrex | - ---------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (OSF1) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8XuEJ7HPTHjUkyKwRAmsXAJ0R6H+dp/mGT9lZvXs/R0uoq4jfbgCePe6F BfEd7Pihb9Uz1MdqpssUmSc= =jjDl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----